homer has definitions from the fields of baseball,zoology,verse,Greek antiquity,writing,sport,fine art
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[ noun ] (baseball) a base hit on which the batter scores a run

Synonyms

home_run

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

A two run homer by Norm_Siebern and a solo_blast by Bill_Tuttle tied the game , and single runs in the eighth and ninth gave the Athletics their fifth victory in eight starts .

Breeding to Adair to Gentile , setting_up Tuttle 's 390 - foot homer over the wall in left center .

Hansen , who slugged the 1960 Oriole high of 22 homers and drove_in 86 runs on a .255 freshman average , completes the Birds ' spring squad at 49 players .

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Jim_Landis ' 380 - foot home_run over left in the first inning gave the Sox a 1 - 0 lead , but Harmon_Killebrew came_back in the bottom of the first with his second homer in two days with the walking Bob_Allison aboard .

Al_Smith 's 340 - blast over left in the fourth - his fourth homer of the campaign - tied the score and Carreon 's first major_league home_run in the fifth put the Sox back in_front .

Related terms

base_hit solo_homer

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[ noun ] (verse,Greek antiquity,writing) ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)

Used in print

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

The landscape of Greek history broadens widely , and rather abruptly , in the eighth century B.C. , the age of Homer 's `` rosy fingered Dawn '' .

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poet Greek

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4446
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[ verb ] (baseball,sport) hit a home run

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score

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[ noun ] an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

Synonyms

kor

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volume_unit ephah bath

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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 321
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[ noun ] (fine art) United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)

Synonyms

winslow_homer

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painter

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[ noun ] (zoology) pigeon trained to return home

Synonyms

homing_pigeon

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